The City of Whitewater Department of Public Works announced this week that it will conduct a leaf and yard waste collection the week of April 14. Residents are advised to place bagged yard waste on the curb by Monday, April 14. Yard waste must be bagged in clear or transparent […]
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It all adds up for math team
Whitewater 5th-6th graders earn first place at home meet Congratulations are in order for the 5th and 6th graders that competed in the TAG Network Math Meet held April 1 at Whitewater Middle School. Local students did well competing against the four other school districts in attendance at the […]
Three WHS teachers awarded for excellence
By Adam Knoll Correspondent After a trying application process that was overseen by no less than two separate committees, Justin Stewart, Valerie Troxel and Diana Callope, teachers in the Whitewater Unified School District, won Herb Kohl Fellowship awards, which is handed out to only 100 educators each year. Colleagues in […]
Whitewater’s zoning code review nears completion
By Dave Fidlin Correspondent After devoting more than a year to crossing out language and adding in new provisions, the process of a top-down review of Whitewater’s zoning code is nearly complete. Members of the city Plan Commission have been working in tandem with several groups, including the Common Council […]
Take a trip to Never Land
Say “Good-bye and good riddance” to the long Wisconsin winter with a dreamy trip to Never Land at Whitewater Middle School’s production of “Peter Pan Jr.,” slated Thursday and Friday, April 10-11 at 7 p.m. in the Whitewater High School Auditorium. The Thursday, April 10, show is “Pay What You […]
Library to open MakerSpace April 11
The Irvin L. Young Memorial Library is pleased to announce the opening of its MakerSpace on Friday, April 11 at 2:30 p.m. with open hours set for Monday – Thursday 2:30–5:30 p.m. MakerSpaces are the spaces and materials dedicated to knowledge sharing and content creation. The library will support access […]
Mapping the Milky Way
UW-W scientists using images from NASA space telescope By Jeff Angileri Contributor Vast, wondrous, captivating – the Milky Way Galaxy with its myriad stars, solar systems and planets – was revealed two weeks ago in an unprecedented galactic portrait. It was unveiled at the 30th TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference […]
Palmyra-Eagle name change on school board agenda
By Heather Ruenz Editor The Palmyra-Eagle Area School District is facing a dire situation, losing students, teachers and money at an alarming rate, according to district officials. In an effort to make the district more appealing, a strategic plan was put in place, beginning with a proposal to change the […]
Deaths from 150 years ago relived through poetry
By Tom Ganser Correspondent Beth Lueck’s lecture, “Bearing Witness: American Poets on Suffering and Death in the Civil War,” focused on poems by the well-known American poets Walt Whitman and Emily Dickenson, along with a poem by Obadiah Ethelbert Baker, a school teacher and Union soldier who enlisted in the […]
DanceScapes to take the stage April 6-8
The beauty and creativity of movement comes to life in the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s Theatre/Dance Department’s annual dance performance, DanceScapes. Performances will take place Sunday, April 6 at 2 p.m. and Monday and Tuesday, April 7-8 at 7:30 p.m. in Barnett Theatre in Greenhill Center of the Arts. This event […]
